We've not had long to listen in too much depth, but the demos we've experienced create
a noticeable immersive effect, the sort of thing you'd expect from a surround sound system, albeit not having rear channels or the sense of a vast soundscape that a good Atmos system will create.
Not exact matches
The surround option will expand the soundstage somewhat for those more
immersive effects with a
noticeable left - right spread without totally sucking you in due to the lack of rear channels.
The speakers get plenty loud, and the issue isn't always that
noticeable — during a fight sequence in Captain America: Civil War, the
effect almost came off as
immersive — but films» quieter sequences and, really, most YouTube clips I've watched have been kind of annoying to listen to.